Labor, Employment and Social Security Minister Sharatsingh Bhandari has said that the youth should have strong confidence that they can do it within the country.

Speaking at the youth entrepreneurship promotion conference organized by the National Youth Council on Monday, Minister Bhandari said that the energetic youth are the main source of power of the country and said that they should do entrepreneurship in their own country.

Minister Bhandari said that the program has been announced as the Internal Employment Promotion Decade to end compulsory foreign employment within the next 10 years. He said, 'Foreign employment should be voluntary, not compulsory. Those who go voluntarily cannot be stopped. However, the Ministry of Labor is working with structure and policy making to create employment opportunities within the country for those who are forced to go to foreign employment without finding a job.

He insisted that since the work of creating jobs is done by the private sector, the production and productivity will increase and jobs will be created automatically. Minister Bhandari said that it is a matter of serious concern that the employment opportunities within the country are not being properly utilized. He suggested to become self-employed in the country rather than going abroad for a small amount of money. Before

, he added, 'Nepalis are not the only ones who go to work abroad, but the number of people who come back with skills, knowledge and capital, even if it is little, is the same.'